The Life Fantastic: Myth, History, Pop and Folklore in the Making of Western Culture (Hardback) Noa Menhaim (author)

Explore the sprawling network of culture to discover the incredible ways in which ideas connect to shape the world we see today. These mind-blowing essays dig down to the roots of stories, myths and literary genres, travelling from art to politics to history to folklore, and from high to popular culture and back again. Through an intricate web of sidenotes, embark on a voyage of discovery from the unluckiest book ever made to Viking horned helmets to the sex life of vampires …. or from mermaids frolicking in the margins to the ancient Amazons to the power of Amazon and on to Utopia and Atlantis … This is western culture as you’ve never seen it before.
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 9781786786470
Number of pages: 288
Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
Edition: 0th New edition